Mental Health Police

• Ontario government asked to fund expansion of Guelph’s IMPACT program

  The IMPACT program pairs Guelph police officers with clinicians from the Canadian Mental Health Association during calls involving people in crisis.

  Canada

  Jul 5, 2021
  
• Mental health emergency response service based on noted Oregon model could come to Toronto

  'It's going to save lives and save a lot of agony in this city,' Toronto Coun. Mike Colle said after introducing a motion to create a service based on the CAHOOTS program.

  Health

  Jun 30, 2020
  
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• Language barriers cited as challenge for police in increasingly diverse Canada

  Ejaz Choudry died after he was shot by Peel Regional Police. His family, who has been calling for a public inquiry into his death, have said language barriers played a role in the events that led to his death.

  Crime

  Jun 23, 2020
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• Regis Korchinski-Paquet’s death reinforces need for major mental health and policing reforms, advocates say

  'I think a lot of families wouldn't even be in the situation of having to call 911 if there were adequate mental health supports in our communities that they could access first.'

  Health

  Jun 2, 2020
• New program partners Kingston police with local addiction, mental health professionals

  The program is meant to reduce arrests made while responding to mental health calls in Kingston.

  Crime

  Nov 27, 2019
• ‘What’s going on is not sustainable’: Police officers in Canada at 10-year low

  The decline in Canada's police ranks comes as the national crime rate increased for the fourth straight year, according to Statistics Canada.

  Canada

  Oct 9, 2019
• Breaking down barriers between mental health and policing in N.S.

  Mental health and police leaders are working together in Nova Scotia to better serve those in need of support.

  Canada

  Dec 15, 2016
• Dartmouth woman alleges Halifax police arrested her for mental health issue

  Breagh Martell, 20, alleges she was inappropriately arrested for an incident that was mental health related.

  Canada

  Dec 13, 2016